Paul Laprade has joined national lender Embrace Home Loans as its newest Northeast regional executive, where he will manage all mortgage lending sales objectives throughout Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

According to Embrace, the company is continuing its aggressive recruiting process, having recently added former Lenders One CEO Jeff McGuiness, former ServiceLink sales executive John McGinty, and 21-year industry veteran John Costa.

Previously, Laprade was first vice president of home lending sales at Berkshire Bank and also held a vice president role at TD Bank, where he oversaw the mortgage, home equity and non-real-estate direct channel sales.